army air force during the war. shortly after became the united states air force. what it was like for african-americans as the united states was on the eve of war. if you take yourself back to 1939-1940 the rest of the world was already at war. japan have long invaded china. germany invaded poland by 1939. united states had not entered the war but it was a world war. franklin roosevelt knew the united states was headed for involvement in this conflict and led the nation along kicking and screaming. the army air corps was all white. the only african-americans who had positions in the army air corps worker looks, janitors, security personnel who guarded the fence around the base. the generals in charge of the army air corps like that way. they had come up in world war i when the army air corps was all white. that was the world they knew. they liked it that way and expected to stay that way. they had no plans whatsoever to include african-americans in any way in their branch of the service. they had some research backing them up. following world war i they commission

. >>> the united states army chief medical facility is closing its doors. the historic walter reed medical center retired its flags yesterday after more than a century of treating u.s. soldiers. jim miklaszewski looks at the place that helped heal so many and suffered its share of scandal. >> reporter: walter reed has been on the front lines of military medicine, caring for americans wounded in war. the commander at walter reed. >> this has been such an important place of healing. >> reporter: it's also an invaluable piece of american history. >> we're entering the sitting room of the president suite. >> reporter: dr. john deere says others flocked here for his military advice. >> george s. patton got down on his knees on this rug and he was blessed before he went off to war. >> reporter: president dwight eisenhower died here in 1969. and for decades, every commander in chief has been drawn to walter reed in times of war. over the past ten years, 18,000 americans wounded in iraq and afghanistan have been treated here. critical care nurse rosemary ettinger i

hoping though that they will do something about the tremendous energy expenditure is that the united states army is expanding in iraq and afghanistan we have a tremendously inefficient base over there and we need to do something about it i'm hoping that it will bring about some of the money should be using united states to to work to best programs i mean we're essentially paying for the elements of our nation in order to win this war record in afghanistan from what my point is we can be expending energy there but for the short and we are if you understand the relationship between the and the efficiency and military effectiveness then you can see we can win the war and we can actually actually save a lot of money and i'm hoping that secretary panetta will do something about that my point is that there is a very simple easy pragmatic approach and that is essentially insulating our structures in iraq and afghanistan and we can see really we're presently spending about twenty billion dollars a year simply dirty dish thing inefficient structures. in our combat zone i think americans should be outrage

when we come back we'll be joined by tom owen and hear about this banding of the united states army as for the founders intent states and you're watching adam vs the man. archie is the state run english speaking russian channel it's kind of like. we're. going to. russia today has an extremely confrontational stance when it comes to us. into that only the military making use of google would come to bring justice or. i have every right to know what my government should do if you want to know why i pay taxes. i would characterize obama as a charismatic. of american exceptionalism. welcome back to adam vs the man with me in studio today is writer and political analyst and author of a return to common sense reawakening liberty and the inhabitants of america he's been a featured speaker at the new hampshire live reform campaign for liberty and numerous campus organizations he's put out some controversial anti-american remarks recently on his website about how we might be better off as a country if the united states government didn't have or maybe maybe the president himself didn't have the s

president of the united states of america authorizes by an act of congress march 3rd, 1863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to staff sergeant leroy a. petry, united states army leroy a. petry distinguished himself by acts of gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action in afghanistan on may 26th, 2008. as a weapons squad leader with delta company 2nd battalion, 735th ranger regiment he moved to clear the courtyard of a house that potentially contained high value combatants. while crossing the courtyard they were engaged and wounded. still under enemy fire and wounded in both legs, the saf star gent led the other ranger to cover and reported the situation and engaged the enemy with a hand grenade providing suppression as another ranger moved to his position. the enemy quickly responded by maneuvering closer and throwing grenad grenades. the first grenade explosion knocked his two fellow rangers to the ground and wounded both with shrapnel. a second grenade landed a few feet away from them. instantly realizing the danger, saf sergeant petry unhesitatingly deliberately and selflessly moved forward, picked up the grenade and in t

fremont i believe was a son-in-law so benton was the backer of fremont and a general in the united states army and a bit of a loose cannon and he probably wouldn't be -- the history books at all because there were efforts to court martial him. they don't ultimately affect the boundary. you asked about someone else crux brigham young was a mormon leader. he led the largest contingent from illinois to utah in 1847, 48 and envisioned the creation of a state which was headed been created it would have filled pretty much everything but california. congress wasn't going to let a state like that be created. they weren't happy about the size of california or texas, but texas and california created themselves. i don't have time to go into each one of those but they are in the books. but i will tell you interesting about brigham young and desert it he dispatched a mormon elder to form a port at the furthest navigable point on the colorado river. it empties into the gulf of california. if you look at your map that long split comes down from california, that water between that and mexico is the gulf of ca

huge burst of water and a car and then later, he was one of the last soldiers drafted in the united states armys preparing for civilian life. >>> all right, we're back, jacque and i with some strange, wacky videos. >> this one is crazy. a lot of heavy rain, this happened in montreal. and you have seen it 100 times before where the rain floods the street and sewer backs up a little bit. >> can you imagine if that was your vehicle? that's a lot of water, that much backup. >> i have never seen that much force coming out of a sewer drain before. >> it was like a foot of rain on tuesday in montreal in the downtown area. and that affected a whole lot of people. but can you imagine, one car? out of all the cars, that one happens to be yours. >> putting the key in the door or hitting the remote trying to open it up and then, bam, getting hit with that. that is unbelievable. thankfully, no one was hurt in that. >> the insurance is like, what happened? >> maybe that was the second or third time that it happened, because you're right, just to be rolling and that just happens to happen. >> it happened over

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president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded, in the name of congress, the medal of honor to staff sergeant leroy a. petry, united states armyaff sergeant leroy a. petry distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty, in action, with an armed enemy in the vicinity of paktya province, afghanistan, on may 26, 2008. as a weapons squad leader with delta company, 2nd battalion, 75th ranger regiment, staff sergeant petry moved to clear the courtyard of a house that potentially contained high- value combatants. while crossing the courtyard, staff sergeant petry and another ranger were engaged and wounded by automatic weapons fire from enemy fighters. still under enemy fire and wounded in both legs, staff sergeant petry led the other ranger to cover. he then reported the situation and engaged the enemy with a hand grenade, providing suppression as another ranger moved to his position. the enemy quickly responded by maneuvering closer and throwing grenades. the first grenade explosion knocked his two fellow rangers to the ground and wounded both with shrapnel. a se

corporal steven riccione was 20 years old when he volunteered to join the united states army during the vietnam war. a native of geneva, new york, and a graduate of geneva high school. corporal riccione served our nation admirably up to the point of his death in south vietnam on september 27, 1967. corporal riccione died in action while helping evacuate wounded soldiers after a fierce battle with north vietnamese troops. no greater gift can one give than to give his life in service of his country and of his fellow men. i urge passage of h.r. 2244 and yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from oklahoma rise? mr. lankford: mr. speaker -- mr. speaker, this is an honor, to have a chance to honor this great individual who laid down his life for his nation. i join with the entire delegation of new york to be able to encourage this house to pass this and with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the question is, will the house sus

think it was his son-in-law, fremont, so benton was a backer of fremont was a general in the united states army and the mexican war ended a loose cannon and he probably wouldn't in history books at all because there were efforts to court martial him. i don't precede him deutsch in this book they don't affect the boundary. you asked about someone else? >> brigham young. >> brigham young was a mormon leader. he led the largest contingent from the illinois to utah in 184748. he envisioned a creation of the state which was headed in created it would have felt pretty much everything that california congress wasn't going to let a state like that be created. they were not happy about the size of california or texas. but texas and california creed themselves i don't have time to go into each of those but they are in the books. i will tell you an interesting thing about brigham young and desert. he dispatched a mormon elder to form a port at the furthest point on the colorado river. colorado river empties into the gulf of california which is between if you get the maps that come down from california the

change will not apply to troops who commit suicide or die in training accidents in the united states. in the army took their lives last year. over 1700 attempted it. >> the bottom line is we have bills to pay and today the president told both parties deals will have to be made in order to get that done. the president needs republican support to raise the debt ceiling. they want spending cuts. the president said it's not the time for a standoff. >> the debt ceiling should not be something that is used as a gun against the heads of the american people to extract tax breaks for corporate jet owners. >> we all want a big package and i hope there will be some kind of breakthrough tomorrow. >> reporter: there are signs a compromise is close. democratic sources safety president called all four congressional leaders and made the case for doing an even larger debt deal. the new one preferred by the president would save four trillon dollars instead of two. republicans would have to free to raise taxes and cut defense spending. democrats would have to free to deep cuts in medicare and medicaid. >> not examp

let's bring in major general bob scales, retired united states army and fox news military analyst.here's been a lot of, i guess, confusion over this drawdown, general scales. some testimony in front of congress led by people like senator lindsey graham has made it clear that the pentagon wasn't exactly, well, onboard with the numbers that the president wants to withdraw, right? >> that's right, jon. as a matter of fact, i've spent the last week and a half around the pentagon and other places talking to active duty and retired military, and they don't talk about this campaign in terms of winning and losing, jon, they talk about it in the terms of risk. and to put a military spin on what's happening over there, as a generalule they believe that the surge has been very successful in the south in the kandahar and helmand province. but the military took risks in the northeast. that's that region between kabul and the pakistani border hoping that in 2012 they would have a very robust campaign there. well, of course, with the, with the withdrawal of the troops and with truncating the camp

but, you know, there's also an interesting item, you know, that the united states army is using somenow that search for ieds. many their lives are saved from the rob botts and they are that is coming from nasa and mars rovers they are using. kyra, have you two little children. guess what? something nutritional that has been developed by nasa is in some of the milk that is sold for babies. take a listen to this sound bite. >> the nutritional supplements that were discovered during algae experiments for longer space flights believe to be important in developing the brain and eyes and fatty tissue there only found in human breast milk and now found in 95% of the infantry formula sold around the country. >> that is interesting. that in addition to bar coding and memory foam, led technology, sunglasses. incredible over the years. this latest thing they are working on as you said. >> amazing. yeah, you know, we always say nasa has cost the taxpayers so much money. half of 1%, that's right. half of 1% of the federal budget goes to the space program and "apollo" gave us 0e different spin-off

change will not apply to troops who commit suicide or die in training accidents in the united states. in the army alone 156 soldiers took their own lives last year and over 1700 attempted suicide. >>> a new alert for airports and airlines. terrorists are going to even more extremes to get bombs onboard aircrafts. a report that gives new meaning to the term "surgical strike." >> reporter: the devices that the tsa warned of today would be tough even for full body scanners to spot. plastic explosives buried deep inside the body. john pistol heads the tsa. >> the u.s. government has received information intelligence about terrorist attempts to use this type of concealment and this technique to try to carry out plots to blowup planes. >> reporter: al-qaeda operatives in yemen recently expressed interest to implant these explosives. on a website a man claiming to be a surgeon described the appeal last year. through surgery i could place the bomb device inside the body of the suicide bomber without the need of suicide vests. isn't this way better than all of the other options? the tactic has never been

i ask unanimous consent that michael lynch, united states army aviation officer who is currently serving as my defense legislative fellow this year be granted floor privileges for the duration of h.r. 2055. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. reid: mr. president, there are some in the republican party who will not listen to the truth no matter who speaks it. this is my opinion. if we allow this nation for the first time in its history to default on our national obligations, it will not only be a black mark on our reputation but also a massive financial disaster will sweep the world in a global depression. it is not my opinion alone. i have come to that belief by listening to the most respected voices in the business community. default, they say, and i quote, is a risk our country must not take. they not only -- they are not the only ones who believe that's true. the most respected bankers have said -- j.p. morgan chase, says default would be catastrophic. investors have said it. bill gross, one of the world's largest mutual fund managers sent us a warning yesterday. he said --

let my just say and congratulation late you on a great service to the united states army. i look guard to work with you. you are all very correct about that term. i have a certain hope for all of you, gentleman. thank you. >> thank you very much, senator reed. senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good to see you all. congratulations to you and your families. general allen, something that's always bothered me is the lack of other countries fulfilling their commitment with regard to helping train and get up to speed obviously the afghan army and police. how do you think that the -- with the current shortfall of about almost 500 trainers, the withdrawal of 10,000 troops will effect the training mission? >> we'll continue, senator, to ask our partners for trainers. we're going to continue to work if i'm confirmed through nato and through isaf to the nonnato nations to continue to provide the kinds of trainers necessary and to build the capacity of the afghan national security forces that we all need in the end to accomplish our objective. it is no secret that that's been

let my just say and congratulation late you on a great service to the united states army. i look guard to work with you. you are all very correct about that tem. i have a certain hope for all of you, gentleman. thank you. >> thank you very much, senator reed. senator brown. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good to see you all. congratulations to you and your falies. general allen, something that's always bothered m is the lack of other cuntries fulfilling their commitment with regard to helping train and get up to speed obviously the afghan army and police. how do you think that the -- with the current shortfall of about almost 500 trainers, the withdrawal of 10,000 troops will effect the training mission? >> we'll continue, senator, to ask our partners for trainers. we're going to continue to work if i'm confirmed through nato and through isaf to the nonnato nations to continue to provide the kinds of trainers necesry and to build the capacity of the afghan national security forces that we all need in the end to accomplish our objective. it is no secret that that's been diffic

i've been in service to our nation since my enlistment in the united states army in 1980.fter service in the army joined the las vegas metropolitan police department and later received my commission as an atf special agent in 1987. server 23 years in various positions in a tf including intelligence and assignments as attache to mexico until a recently retired. i chose a tip because of a small organization with a focused mission combating the most violent offenders in america. during my first 12 years as a field agent i participated in or directed investigations that targeted the worst of the worst. for the remainder of mycra supervised manage and lead similar investigations. throughout my career not once, never did firearms walk for for many investigations i directed or that fell under my command. this includes my service as attache in mexico. to put it lovely it is inconceivable in my mind are the mind of any competent atf agent to allow firearms to disappear at all. for the more it is more inconceivable a competent agent would allow firearms across the international bord

to duty are in keeping with military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the united states army[applause] [applause] >> let us pray. lord, be upon us this day as we celebrate the commitment to our nation petrie has modeled. give us strength this day and keep us in your care as we pray in your holy name. amen. >> thank you all for attending this extraordinary ceremony for this extraordinary hero. i hope all of you will join the family. there is going to be an outstanding reception. i hear the food is good around here, and i know the music is good because we have my own band playing. thank you so much for your attendance, and congratulations for your extraordinary devotion to your country. thank you very much. [applause] [applause] ♪ [piano music] ♪ >> good afternoon. first of all like to thank the president for bestowing such a tremendous honor on myself and thanks for inviting me and my family to the white house. a accepting his award today was not only made easier by so many friends and family and mentors along the strip who got me where i am today. -- along the way you got me

i spent 27 years in the united states army. i am concerned about what is going on in this country.i talk to people who come back from overseas now, the first question out of their mouth is, what happened to my country? we go fight for the freedom and we come home and find out the freedom is not here. things like the military retirees at federal income tax hike. mind -- but nothing was said by either side when this happened. we are getting all wonder in my minds what is going on. this administration that we have, the obama administration, has not put very much effort into our military people. it has us very concerned. when you see people like dan jones criticizing the people from the republicans, calling them evil, out to get as, devils. and i am talking about the tea party. van joneses and admitted communist. -- is an admitted communist. guest: i did not serve as long as you and i want to thank you for your service. we have to make sure that we take care of people who of sacrifice so much. in awe of the people who enter military service today. they know they will be in harm's day.

lieutenant general bob durbin and his wife, diana, spent 36 years in service in the united states army working with soldiers and their family. on behalf of the united states i want to thank them both for that service. this is also something i can speak to personally. 25 years ago general durbin was my instructor and leadership at the united states military academy at west point. he taught me there that it's always right to do the harder thing and not take the easier path. he reminded me when times get tough like they are here in america today that real leaders can make real change. and diana taught me that families with christ in their heart can make real changes in our world. bob had many assignments during his 36 years in the army including command of kansas' own big red one at fort riley, kansas. he was also the first general assigned the daunting task, training the afghanistan army and police force so that afghanis may live in peace and security like we do in america. bob and diana, thank you for your service to our nation. there is no higher praise than i can say than a job well d

general raymond odierno to be chief of staff of the united states army and general william fraser the third u.s. air force to be commander of the united states transportation command. we thank each of you for many decades of dedicated service and your willingness to continue that service to these positions of great responsibility and challenge. emma may also extend on behalf of the committee are thanks to your families who support has been so important to the success do you have and his support for you makes a difference for the nation of flow. as is a tradition that we particularly enjoyed, we would invite each of you to introduce any family members or friends who may be your today with you during your opening remarks. one is the first section all three of our nominees will carry out if confirmed will be immediately implemented the reduction of u.s. forces in a can of and by 10,000 by the end of this year and removing the rest of the 33,000 u.s. search wars from afghanistan by the end of the summer in 2012. these reductions are part of an ongoing process of transitioning increasing r

president of the united states barack obama. ♪ ["stars and stripes" forever forever"s playing] [guns firing] please be seated. ♪ ladies and gentlemen, secretary gates was awarded the united states armyation for exceptional civilian service, the united states navy's distinguished public service award, and the united states air force decoration for exceptional civilian service. his wife has been awarded the distinguished public service award by the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. [applause] [applause] ♪ ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, please stand for the national anthem. ♪ anthem] ♪l >> please be seated. >> ladies and gentlemen, admiral mullen. >> on behalf of each and every one of our men and women in uniform, let me thank you for being here to honor the leadership and service of bob gates. secretary gates has led our military in this time of war with impeccable skill and integrity and a staunch commitment to truth-telling, a matter how tough or uncomfortable -- no matter how tough or uncomfortable that truth might be. the matter how high or low in the command that truth needed to travel. in that regard and in many others as well, he mirrored perfectly the pragmatism and grit of o

i spent 27 years in the united states army. i am concerned about what is going on in this country. as i talk to people who come back from overseas now, the first question out of their mouth is, what happened to my country? we go fight for the freedom and we come home and find out the freedom is not here. things like the military retirees at federal income tax hike. mind -- but nothing was said by either side when this happened. we are getting all wonder in my minds what is going on. this administration that we have, the obama administration, has not put very much effort into our military people. it has us very concerned. when you see people like dan jones criticizing the people from the republicans, calling them evil, out to get as, devils. and i am talking about the tea party. van joneses and admitted communist. -- is an admitted communist. guest: i did not serve as long as you and i want to thank you for your service. we have to make sure that we take care of people who of sacrifice so much. in awe of the people who enter military service today. they know they will be in harm's d

i went to rescue a particular case of captain kenneth gonzalez in the united states army. he was deployed to iraq as a lieutenant from december 2002 december 2010. his bank, chase, toad catching gonzalez's fight to slip its payments by using money orders, so she did it. they chased out to process the payment and they submitted inaccurate negative reports to the credit bureaus, which then affected and badly impacted catching gonzalez security clearance while he was still deployed. the military surgery to help him, but described the uphill battle she had won a protein e-mail. to be honest, i've not been able to do anything of this climate. i'm talking with clerks and the customer service section, which i've sent in four separate times. i've been given a tip on every time and been told the processes 40 to 72 hours. i've left voice messages or to supervisors. basically you need to talk with a human being to listen to the facts of the case and understand the need to make a rate. professor warren, if this jack officer can't get a reaction, how do we expect people overseas in ira

united states army sergeant nathan ryan byers. sergeant byers a 2006 graduate of high school in highlands ranch, colorado, volunteered to serve in the idaho army national guard. in the army he served with 145thbury gade support battalion of the 116th calvary heavy brigade combat team he deployed with his unit in support of operation new dawn in iraq. on july 7, 2011, he gave his life in the line of duty on a convoy security mission. nathan is remembered not only for his heroics on the battlefield, but for the tremendous impact he had on his family, friends, and community. he was absolutely devoted to his family and his fellow soldiers. as his wife recalls, nathan was proud of his job and serving his -- our country he died doing something he loved and was such a brave person. sergeant nathan brian byers personified the honor and selfishness -- selflessness of serving as a citizen soldier. his honor and dedication to duty will not be forgot ben. my deepe sympathies go to my family -- go to his family, his fellow soldiers and all who

tears and a little girl sitting on her knee who is too young to understand that her father, united states army jeffrey sheer, lay under the flag that is now folded, being presented to the wife. this is the pain of war. and i do say to ms. woolsey, thank you very much for what you've done to try to wake up the congress and the american people. $10 billion a month. we can't even fix the bridges. we can't fix the roads. we cutting children programs, we're cutting senior programs. and yet, mr. karzai, who is known as a corrupt leader of afghanistan, he's going to get his $10 billion a month while these programs that we're going to cut are going to be denied $10 billion a month. it doesn't make any sense, madam speaker. that brings me to an article written by a.c. snow, he's well-known in north carolina where i'm from in his writings in the state paper in rawleigh, north carolina. and this past july 4 his article was tiled "time to bring them home, let them live." . time to bring them hope, let let this little girl's father live. obviously he will not live. he's dead. but how about the next little

god bless you and your family and god bless the united states of america. >> army general is president obama's choice to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, the nation's highest- ranking military officer. admiral mike mullen is stepping down the post. general dental will testify today on his nomination before the senate armed services committee. live coverage is at 9:30 a.m. eastern from cspan 3. >> we provide coverage of politics, public affairs, nonfiction books, and american history all available on television, radio, online, and social media networking sites and find our content any time through our video library. we take cspan on the road with that are mobile content be pulled free our resources to your community. it is washington your way, the cspan networks, now available in more than 100 million homes created by cable and provided as a public service. >> "washington journal" is next. we'll take your phone calls and the house is in at 10:00 eastern for members' speeches. the general work and interior environment spending and noon. there will also debated crude oil

i've been in service to our nation since my enlistment in the united states army in 1980. service in the army joined the las vegas metropolitan police department and later received my commission as an atf special agent in 1987. server 23 years in various positions in a tf including intelligence and assignments as attache to mexico until a recently retired. i chose a tip because of a small organization with a focused mission combating the most violent offenders in america. during my first 12 years as a field agent i participated in or directed investigations that targeted the worst of the worst. for the remainder of mycra supervised manage and lead similar investigations. throughout my career not once, never did firearms walk for for many investigations i directed or that fell under my command. this includes my service as attache in mexico. to put it lovely it is inconceivable in my mind are the mind of any competent atf agent to allow firearms to disappear at all. for the more it is more inconceivable a competent agent would allow firearms across the international border d

bruce sundlun joined the united states army and qualified as a pilot in the air corps in world war ii. he was brave, he was tough, he led with great distinction his crew in numerous bombing raids over occupied europe. in one of those raids, he was shot down, and of course he had the presence of mind to keep the aircraft as steady as he could to let as many of his crewmen escape, and finally at the very last moment, he himself parachuted to earth. he was behind enemy lines. he was without any weapons except his determination, his courage and his determination again not only to survive but to return to the fight. through an amazing series of breathtaking episodes that read like a novel, he would go from village to village. he would seek out the priests in the french village or belgian village. he would say in his fluent french as a graduate of williams college, he was an american flyer and he needed their help, and he always received their help. and then he would be given assistance and be hid for a while. and then he would go, he told me, with his great sort of sardonic smile that he w

have to reduce their force structure and have a new strategy of how they tried to defend the united states. the army said that it would end up coming out of the force structure and they would have to reduce the forces that we have and we cannot sustain this kind of cuts. if you move to the air force, the general said an interesting thing. he recognized the growth of the chinese and where they are moving in terms of the development that they have. he said something very true and shocking to many of us. he said when the chinese say they will have 320 j-20's in five years, you better believe they will, and we better be ready. when we have these cuts, we are already taking a very old fleet and cutting back dramatically. when we look at the navy, we have the admiral who testified with the navy, how difficult it be to sustain cuts of this magnitude. already, the navy has a three- year $67 million shortfall and maintenance. the result is -- $36 7 million shortfall and maintenance. that is not acceptable in terms of ships. when you look shipbuilding plan that the pentagon has presented to us, they indicate

government that will hear there's it's strong right arm people who fought the united states and its allies formerly the red army in afghanistan and iraq and. is as brain dead our policy and intervention in the muslim world as we've seen. we talk a lot about freedom and democracy but what comes next in libya is some kind of an islamist government and what the muslim world is seeing of course is the nato again bombing a muslim country that has all and so there's nothing but loss here for the west and encourage them into the jihad these around the world. arrives at my cost to our former cia intelligence officer and his store in washington d.c. many times has written to us here are saying. thank you. for the mercury's not forty degrees here in moscow but memories of last summer's smoke covered city are leaving a chill in the air. reports of how wildfires are bank spreading fear as well as flames. now with our smoke and moscow is in panic again the toxic cocktail of beat smoke wood smoke and exhaust fumes that filled the capitol last august is still the lead in people's memory intense people fires and the record hea

and on this day in 1898, the united states invaded puerto rico during the spanish-american war. army and his troops faced little resistance and after just a few weeks, the united states controlled the spanish colony. congress made it a commonwealth in the 1950s. while puerto ricans have participated in every u.s. war since world war i. puerto rico's residents cannot vote for a president. a majority of puerto ricans have voted against becoming an american state. but the united states took a piece of the spanish empire 113 years ago today. and now you know the news for this monday, jute the 25th, 2011. i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us in your home tonight. "the o'reilly factor" is next. then a special on fox news.

united states. >> this years parade had a definite military flavor with an army marching bands and helicopter and a fighter jet. alameda's parade started at 10:00 this morning. said to have the longest parade root in the nation covering three miles and the second largest number of participates. 2500 people and 170 floats. orinda kicked off the fourth with a pancake breakfast. other events include a flag raising ceremony. a big band concert, a book sale and a parade. there are other other parades around the bay area today and fire works show tonight. we have an interactive map of all of them on the weekend extra tab at ktvu.com. the big fest fire works show will be in san francisco. the best seats will be along the waterfront where workers are setting up the aerial display. organizers say they will shoot 2,000 separate fire works into the skies tonight during the 20 minute show. one question is will fog be a problem? meteorologist steve paulson will have details on that. >>> president obama is spending this independence day with military families. the president, first lady, and their daughters are

i am so proud of the president of the united states to say to me i am be a gay man and serve my country. >> he left the army because he didn't want to live in fear and hide who he was. >> i was afraid of getting stand in the back. for my own people to hate me for my lifestyle. >> reporter: it will become law 60 days from the time the president signs. in san francisco, da lin, kron 4 news. >>> we are starting out with a live look at conditions over the bridge where the fog is making its presence known around the bay area. look at what is on top for the next 24 hours. patchy fog long the coast line and inland valleys as well. tomorrow morning the fog and low clouds will be in abundance. into the afternoon, sunny and breezy conditions. i . >> you can see flames here. paramedics say the fires on the lift burned quickly and acted as a base and that might have saved their lives. they suffered shocks >>> new information on the deadly attacks in norway. kron 4's grant lodes has more on who is responsible. >> reporter: there is the capital of oslo. on the big board for a closer look at where these two acts took plac

the french army would invade the united states. it was a real fear. retrospective it looks foolish. those people don't know what will happen to them. we know the future of our cells. so hamilton and washington and many federalist feared that the french invasion. it creates the bavarian republic why couldn't they invade the united states? they have these jeffersonian republicans and will create a puppet regime that is the fear between 80 in sedition act. they are truly frightened. in destroying napoleons and team and once he has no fleet then there is no invasion. but talking about we cannot have a french president meaning jefferson. they were very much at each other's throats and we think our press is rough? [laughter] you do no better, it was just mischa's. they accused washington of being able. he was working for the british government that is the accusation made. it is incredible the distortions and lies washington would shake his head and could not believe it. say would say these awful things said he was so desperate to say he wanted to get out of the political world. >> his cab